ES e-News for December 6, 2019

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 – School in Session
In our school calendar, Tuesday, December 10, 2019 is listed as Constitution Day. This will be a substitute holiday for classified staff.  Please note that school is in session on this day for all students.

Last Day of School—Early Dismissal Dec. 20, 2019 at 11:30
Just a reminder that on the last day of school students will be dismissed at 11:30 am.  Please make sure students are collected on time.

Come Join the ES Festival of Lights on Wednesday Evening!
The ES Festival of Lights Concert is December 18 at 6:30 pm in the Chevron Theater. This festive performance includes the ES Panther Choir, Orff Ensemble and String Ensemble. The concert will explore celebrations and traditions from around the world.  We hope to see you there!

Computer Science Education Week/Hour of Code

Next week is Global Computer Science Education Week! During this week, students around the world are encouraged to participate in coding activities to support the development of computational thinking skills. We will be supporting this in the elementary school next week and we hope that it extends to home as well! Visit the Hour of Code website to learn more, and students can explore the wonderful hour-long tutorials which are linked here.

(Repeat) Cafeteria News
In our efforts to continuously improve the food services at ISB, we have updated our procedures for reporting quality and safety issues in the cafeteria. For ES, if students have any concerns, please encourage them to report these to the teacher or instructional assistant on duty. For anything related to MS/HS please report to Michelle Ihrig or another Epicure staff member. You can also share your concerns with our Headmistress Khun Usa (usomboon@isb.ac.th) or the Director of Risk Management Mark Hevland (markh@isb.ac.th ). All reports will be recorded in our Logit incident reporting system so we can analyse data and track trends.

If you have any other questions please don’t hesitate to contact Marc de Vries (marcd@isb.ac.th) or Michelle Ihrig (cafeteria@isb.ac.th ). 

(Repeat) Grade 4/5 Parent and Child Book Club
A Tangle of Knots (Lisa Graff)

Join us for Visiting Author Lisa Graff’s Tangle of Knots book club!  
Participants will be responsible for getting a copy of the book either in print or online.  

First Meeting:  December 10 6:00-7:00 PM

Second Meeting: January 14 6:00-7:00 PM

Last Meeting with the Author:  January 31 7:00-7:30 AM

Sign Up Here if you are a Grade 4 or 5 Student and Parent

“Told in multiple viewpoints, A Tangle of Knots is a magnificent puzzle. In a slightly magical world where everyone has a talent, eleven-year-old Cady is an orphan with a phenomenal talent for cake-baking. But little does she know that fate has set her on a journey from the moment she was born. Her destiny leads her to a mysterious address that houses a lost luggage emporium, an old recipe, a family of children searching for their own talents, and a talent thief who will alter her life forever. However, these encounters hold the key to Cady’s past and how she became an orphan. If she’s lucky, fate may reunite her with her long-lost parent. 

Lisa Graff adds a pinch of magic to a sharply crafted plot to create a novel that will have readers wondering about fate and the way we’re all connected. ”  Excerpt courtesy of  GoodReads.

(Repeat) Gymnastics Winter Camp

ISB Panther Gymnastics Club is happy to host a gymnastics Winter Camp for all our Kindergarten to HS level gymnasts. The camp is a recreational camp to learn new skills and having fun by doing a lot of tumbling and games that use gymnastics movement. It is not a camp to prepare for a competition or focusing strictly on routines (it is still vacation :-).

Date: Monday 6 to Friday 10 of January 2020

Grade 1 & Up
Time: 9 am – 12 pm (3 hours)
Price: 750 THB per day, you can pick the number of days you want

Pre-K 2 – Kindergarten
Time: 1 pm – 3 pm (2 hours)
Price: 500 THB per day, you can pick the number of days you want

Registration:

• Please sign up your child HERE 
• Deadline to register and pay is 12 December, 3pm 
• Drop the envelope with the correct amount of money, marked with the gymnasts name, in the marked box at the Community & Arts office.
• The camp is only open to all current members of the ISB Panther Gymnastics Club
• Once registration and payments have been made, refunds will be allowed for medical reasons only.

Best Regards,
Torill Haga Olufsen
ISB Gymnastics Coordinator
Mobile and WhatsApp: 06 171 56 800
Email: cao.gymnastics@isb.ac.th
www.facebook.com/isbpanthergymnastics

(Repeat) ISBNWC News
ISB’s Novel Writing Challenge is here!  Please click here for more information.

(Repeat) Grade 5 Musical Production: “Little Red: A Multicultural Fairytale”
This year’s grade 5 musical production will be our own unique version of the fairytale “Little Red Red Riding Hood”! The story will be told from the perspective of three different cultures, based on the storybooks “Lon Po Po” (China), “Pretty Salma” (Ghana), and “Petite Rouge” (Cajun/Louisiana). The entire fifth grade will bring this tale to life through movement and music that they will be creating themselves! Mark your calendars so that you don’t miss this exciting demonstration of student creativity. There will be two showings: Tuesday, February 18th, AND Wednesday, February 19th, at 6:30 pm both days.

(Repeat) Leaving ISB at the End of the First Semester?
Parents of students who are not returning to ISB after Semester 1 need to notify the ES Office, K. Ann (naiyanar@isb.ac.th) as soon as possible and fill out the Notice of Withdrawal from ISB Form to enable us to process school records for their next school.  Thank you for your attention to this important matter.

(Repeat) After School Supervision
Any elementary school student on campus outside of regular school hours, who is not participating in a school-sponsored event, must be actively supervised by an adult in charge, appointed by the family. This includes being in the elementary Learning Hub (library).

eNews Guidelines
Shelley Bragg
shelleyb@isb.ac.th

ISB eNewsletters provide a valuable avenue for communication within the ISB parent community. For your convenience we have provided you with our eNewsletter guidelines below.

Submitting an announcement for publication
ISB accepts announcements from ISB families for potential publication in our eNewsletters. The announcements are generally intended to highlight events that occur at ISB and/or highlight information about ISB.

What to include in the announcement

• A title for your announcement
• An email contact for further information

Where to submit your announcement
4publish@isb.ac.th is for announcements of interest to the entire ISB community.
naiyanar@isb.ac.th is for Elementary School (ES) announcements of interest to ES families.
phremjiz@isb.ac.th is for Middle School (MS) announcements of interest to MS families.
vijitl@isb.ac.th is for High School (HS) announcements of interest to HS families.

Your announcement will be submitted to the appropriate Principal and/or to our Director of Marketing and Communications for review. ISB reserves the right to determine which announcements will and will not be published, and to edit announcements that are approved for publication.

Frequency of eNewsletter mailings
The ISB eNewsletter that is for the entire community is sent out on Thursdays. Announcements for potential publication in this newsletter must be received by noon on Thursdays.

The ES, MS, and HS eNewsletters are sent out on Fridays. Announcements for potential publication in these newsletters must be received by noon on Fridays.

Calendar of Events
December/January  2019